Re: Splurge

: : to "splurge" meaning to spend money on something that you
really can't afford,,, to be extravagant. As in "lets splurge and
go to a fancy restaurant tonight"
: : Any ideas on the origin?

: splurge -- noun. 1830, ostentatious display; perhaps a blend
of "splash" and "surge." The sense of an extravagant indulgence
in spending is found in 1928... (From "The Barnhart
Concise Dictionary of Etymology" by Robert K. Barnhart, HarperCollins Publishers, New
York, 1995).